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Table 4# - Distribution of acreage of vineyard fertilized for indicnted 



areas by month and week applied, 1928 





Week : 





Percentage 



) of acrcar^c fertilized 







Michigan; 



: Hudson : 

 Valley, : 



Chautauqua -Erie 1/ : 



Finger 



Month : 



Light texture: 



Heavy texture: 



Lakes , 



« • 







, N.y; : 



soils ; 



soils ; 



N.Y. 





X- , 



Percent ! 



, Percent : 



Porcont ; 



Percent : 



Percent 



March : 



4tli : 



9.4 : 





• 1 



• t 







April : 



, 1st ; 



3.2 ! 



1 10.4 : 



• • 



7.4 » : 







Znd : 



; 17,8 ; 



; 22.6 : 





; 6.6* ! 



1.0 





; 3rd : 



1.7 



: 3,9 ; 



; 11.0 : 









, 4th ; 



; 14.7 ; 



; 23.0 : 



: 14,2 ; 



: 5,6 : 





May ■ : 



; 1st 



; 25,8 ; 



: Sl.l ; 



; 33,7 ; 



17.6 







; 2nd 



: 14.4 ; 



; 14.7 ; 



: 20.9 ; 



; 31.2 : 



; 18.5 





; 3rd 



; — 



: 4.3 ! 



1 1,6 ; 



: 7.2 



: 31.5 





: 4th 



: 2.1 





; 4.3 



: 9.0 ; 



8.5 



Juno 



: 1st 



: 5.2 





; 3.4 . ,; 



! 12.5 



■ 13.5 





: 2nd 



: 1.9 





: 3.5 : 



: 4.5 



: 17.0 





: 3rd 



: 0,0 ■ 







: 1.1 



: 5.5 





; 4th 



: 2,9 







: 2.2 



: 4.5 



July 



: 1st 









: 2,5 







: 2nd 



: 0.9 











Total 



; - 



: 100.0 



: 100.0 



: 100.0 



: 100.0 



: 100,0 



T/ ¥inoyarcis in Chautauqua Co., N.Y., and Erie Co., Pa., combined 



Table 5. - Average cost of labor and power per acre. for applying 



commercial fertilizer, by areas, 1928 



Area 



Arkansas (1929) 

 Michigan 



Finger Lakes, N.Y. 

 North East, Pa. 

 Girard, Pa. 

 Chautauqua Co., N.Y. 

 NiagGxa Co., N.Y. 

 Hudson Valley,N:.y# 2/^ 

 All areas : 



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Vino- 

 yards 



Number 



14 



41 



46 



61 



21 



54 



3 



24 



264 



Quanti- 

 ty 

 of 

 ferti- 

 lizer 

 per 

 acre 



Pounds 

 137 

 153 

 194 

 422 

 657 

 368 

 503 

 599 



341 



Labor and 

 horse ?/ork 

 per acre for 

 applying 

 fertilizer 



Man 

 labor 



Hours 

 1.5 

 1*0 

 1.4 

 1*0 

 1*3 

 1*5 

 1*9 

 4.1 



1*3 



Horse 

 work 



Hours 

 0.8 

 1*5 

 • 8 

 1.4 

 1 P 



2.0 



2.8 



1.8 



1.4 



Cost per hour 



Man 

 labor 



Cents 





2 



43.7 

 50.1 

 49.4 

 48.5 

 47.3 

 43.3 

 48.1 



46.1 



Horse 

 vfork 



Cents 



14.3 



18.3 



20.4 



26.9 



22.0 



20.9 



33.8 



26 



Cost of man 



labor and horse 



. v7ork per acre 



Apply- 

 ing 

 ferti- 

 lizer 



2 



o^ . o 



Dolls. 



0.48 



.71 



,86 



.87 



,89 



1/1,15 



1.77 



2,44 



.91 



Hauling 

 to farm 

 and 

 mixing 



Dolls. 

 0.07 

 .07 

 .15 

 ,09 

 .09 

 .27 

 ,28 

 .31 



.13 



Includes some cost for use of truck and trr.ctor. 

 2/ For the Hudson Valley area about three fourths of the amount and cost of 

 labor and pov;er shovm in this table is charged to grapes; about one fourth is 

 not charged to grapes because of intcrplantcd fruit and crops. 



